商务英语口语备考资料
学生： 付晓洁
学号：20103184
学生： 杨 艾
学号：20103184179
Unit One: Travel Questions and answers:
1. Why do people travel?
Answer: Travel can bring us a lot. It brings us back to nature, gives us totally relaxation; It brings us different feeling from daily life, gives us fresh mood; and the most important thing is that it brings us plenty of experience, making us more and more knowledgeable.
2. What are the advantages for people to travel around the world?
Answer: There are many opportunities to promote exchange between people from different background. It also furthers my knowledge and promotes mutual understanding between cultures. In addition to this, it expands my scope of knowledge and enriches my life.
3. What do you enjoy about traveling?
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Answer: Meeting the friend, trying the foods, and learning of the history of each place. When a person tells me of something they are really proud of in their country I feel honored that they shared this with me.
4. Which place do you want to go in China? Why?
Answer: I want to go Tibet, because Tibet is very mysterious to me, I want to feel the magic of nature, challenging myself limits and comprehend the mystery of religion.
5. Which place do you want to go in the world? Why?
Answer: Indonesia, Bali Island. Because the Bali island is a very beautiful place. There is too much delicious food. and the most important reason is Bali island Witness my Honeymoon travel. I have a different feeling there.
Presentation: (one minute each)
What is important when making travel arrangements for a business trip, cost, comfort or something else?
Answer: Good morning let me start by saying just a few words about my opinions. My topics is What is important when making travel arrangements for a business trip, cost, comfort or something else?
In my opinions the comfort is important. Most places that a business man will stay in probably would be comfortable. Cost is a concern but the businessman must be comfortable to get a good rest to recover from the traveling and to be ready to meet with people the next day. Comfort is very
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important and would include a clean room, comfortable bed, clean bedding and a quiet room.
In addition to that Internet access is important for communication with the home business and family. A printer and access to a copy machine may be important to some business travelers.
Unit Two: Advertisement Questions and answers:
1. What sort of advertisement do you like best?
Answer: I’d like the advertisement in real. Many advertisements in current are not true, they are exaggeration, False. Make the persons can’t to believe.
2. Have you bought any product yourself simply because it is advertised?
Answer: Yes, for example my car, my car’s brand is Beijing xiandai, Model is I30. I buy it because of its advertisement is so warm. Its slogan is loving life beacuse of loving you
3. Did they live up to the advertisement?
Answer: Yes, Most of products live up to the advertisements. Restaurant, telephone, cosmetic and so on.
4. Name any advertisement you particularly dislike. Why?
Answer: I dislike QuMei, The tea of lose weight, and all about this kind advertisement. Because
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they are not true.
5. Good quality products do not need to be advertised and advertising is waste of money.
Do you agree? Can you explain it?
Answer: I think good quality is very important, but advertising is very important too, because now competition is very fierce, the same type of new good products continued into the market, If they don’t advertised and made people to know, someday they will lose the market.
Presentation:
What is important when making an advertisement, advertising slogan, color, picture, or idea?
Answer: Good morning, Let me start by saying just a few words about my opinion. My topics is What is important when making an advertisement, advertising slogan, color, picture, or idea?
I think all of these are important, A good advertisement must have these factors. Because a good idea will make people want to buy it. A beautiful picture and color will make people happy and attract people’s attention. And a good advertising slogan will make people remember it and know it. Make It become very popular.
Unit Five: Employment Questions and answers:
1. What’s work?
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Answer: Work is a job, it can take me salary, and salary based on how much effort you put in, I will take my best to do it, Because it may improve my grades, and improve my living conditions, at the same time we can give our parent some living allowances.
2. What jobs might be suitable for us after our graduation?
Answer: I think maybe salesman might be suitable for our graduation. They can exercise their own and
integrate into social groups.
3. In your opinion, which factors are important for getting a job?
Answer: 1)Personal image 2) An impressive resume 3) interview ability 4) Flexible thinking answer 5) Fluent expression, etc
4. What do interviewers want to learn from a job applicant during the interview?
Answer: Your previous experience and success will tell the interviewer about your enthusiasm for work. Also character
5. Usually, what questions do we expect if we go to a job interview?
Answer: I expect they will ask me why do you choose my company? I will reply I like this industry, Like to have challenging jobs, And I want to improve myself, and study at this field
Presentation:
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What is important when employing a secretary, his/her experience, qualifications or something else?
Answer: Good morning everyone, it's an honor to have this opportunity to make a short speech. My topic is what is important when employing a secretary, his/her experience, qualifications or something else?
I think the Experience is most important, Because being a secretary you need to know how to do a proper time management for your boss. You learn that through experience not qualifications you learn through experience how to properly write a report and presentation. Not through qualification. Because in school its not the real world. what is important is what should learned outside school.
Unit Nine: Money Questions and answers:
1. What do you think of money?
Answer: Money is a medium of exchange that is widely accepted in payment for goods and services and in settlement of debts. Money also serves as a standard of value for measuring the relative worth of different goods and services.
2. Why do we try to get money?
Answer: When you hungry Money can brings you food, when you ill Money can brings you medicine, when you angry Money can brings you happy enjoy, Although the money it’s not
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everything, but without money everything is nothing. , so everyone always try his or her best to get money.
3. How much is enough for a college student a month?
Answer: In my opinion except Tuition fees a college student may cost about three hundred Yuan a month.
4. What is the best way for students to save a little money?
Answer: If students want to save a little money, they can not to eat the Snacks, And Pick up the garbage bottles in school and sold them or Do a part-time job.
5. Why do some families have much more money than other families in China?
Answer: I think, it has too much reasons and examples, The family status is different, the city which they lived is different, and because of the family be formed of different qualification and different salary's family members。
Presentation:
What is your first consideration when you buy something in the supermarket, its brand, packing or price.
Answer: Good morning everyone, it's an honor to have this opportunity to make a short speech. My topic is What is your first consideration when you buy something in the supermarket, its brand, packing or price.
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On this topic first of all, I personally think that the first consideration of things will not be fixed.
When we are young or single may be first is packing or brand because at that time we all like the beautiful things, so if the things have a wonderful packing it must can attract our eyes. Also because we are young, we might all like some fashion, concern about fashion trends, To follow the pace of the trend. So the trend in the popular brand that become our shopping at the time of the first consideration.
But, Now My thoughts changed, every time I went to the supermarket, when I want you buy something I will ask myself, Whether I really need. Whether it Suitable for me. So shopping in the supermarket I first consideration is “Reason”. That’s all, thank you !
nd early fee is a large number too. the New magazine need to open the marker, It must to do so many advertisement, and the invest is not one-time.
F: Because we would invest less money, we will have more readers, We need less information, its no danger, No pollute, the most important thing is that it will become very popular, And very easy to make money.
Y: Sounds like there is some truth, Can I carefully consider again,
F: Certainly, we have a week time to determine for it.
Y: Ok, Let’s discuss two days later.
F: Ok, see you.
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Unit Thirteen: Culture Questions and answers:
1. What is culture?
Answer: Culture is the way we do things around here. The word “here” may be a country, a region, a social class, a company, a university. Clearly we each live in a set up cultures and subcultures that inter lock in complex ['kɔmpleks] ways.
2. What do you miss most when you go abroad?
Answer: When I am abroad, I think except my family and my friends, I may not miss anyone or anything else, because I am able to adapt myself to living in a new environment. I am very independent. The reason why I miss them is that I worry about them and I want to know if they live well.
3. What do Chinese businessmen often talk about when they first meet American people?
Answer: When I first meet my American customer, I may start our conversation by talking about weather. Because this is a western culture. wherever people often talk about weather when they meet each even if they don’t know each other. During the first conversation it is dangerous to ask American people some personal questions, if you conversation is not proper, you may lose your business.
4. How will you prepare yourself if you stay with an American family for a week?
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Answer: If I plan to stay with an American family for a week, I will prepare some Chinese presents for each of the American family members as well as something that is necessary for my studying and living in America. I will make some Chinese food for them and do as much house work as I can so that I can get along with them better.
5. Why is cultural awareness important for business people?
Answer: As the world gets smaller, we need to learn more about each other’s value, beliefs, habits and expectations, etc. When we do international businesses, it is very important for us to have a strong culture awareness and try to understand some important culture aspects about the customers. Otherwise, it is difficult to do businesses successfully.
Presentation:
What is the difference between Chinese people and western people in terms of school life, food and holidays?
Chinese students confront intense competition in examinations for higher education. Because the resources of high quality education are scarce as the population is so large and China is still an undeveloped country.
Western people usually eat more meat than Chinese. And Children fat problems are popular. But nowadays some Chinese young persons also like Western fast food such as KFC.
Spring festival is the most important holiday for Chinese. Other important festivals in China are known as mid-autumn festival, dragon boat festival and so on. But some western festivals are also
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becoming increasingly popular for Chinese young people. Such as Christmas ,valentine's day，mother's day ,etc..
Discussion:
You two are working in a Chinese garment company in Beijing. Please discuss and prepare a week program for a group of 5 people from a British garment company. They will stay in China for a week and discuss with your company.
Y: Hi XiaoJie，a group of people from British garment company will arrive at 9am on Sunday 27 June and stay in china for a week. So we need to prepare the draft programme.
F: great…it is a good chance to promote business relationship.
Y: yes. So…Do u have good idea
F: First we must consider the British culture.
Y: yes…this is Important, I don't want to make any cultural mistakes during the visit.
F: I will come to understand via internet. And Yang Ai, please scheduled a meeting during which we can discuss our business plans
Y. ok…and also make sure that our visitors have opportunities to meet our staff and gain a complete understanding of our business
F: I will offerer activities which give them a better understanding of our company.
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Y: Good. Is it necessary to provide an interpreter?
F: In order to communicate much more convenient. We need one.
Y: Now, Let’s discuss the details. Hotel, transportation, meal and so on
F: hmmm..i will book rooms in the hotel which nearest our company. And rend a big bus. Food I think Chinese food and local specail food is better. What gifts would be suitable? Chinese knot is that ok?
Y: In my point, chipao and tang suit is better.
F: OK…
Y: I hope Brish group leave with an excellent impression of our Company.
F: I am confident we can do it well.
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